Assessment of Different Breastfeeding Practices and Nutritional status Of Children Below The Age Of Five Years In Sheema District, Uganda

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ........................................................................................................... I

APPROVAL ................................................................................................................. II

DEDICATION.............................................................................................................III

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...........................................................................................IV

LIST OF TABLES........................................................................................................V

LIST OF FIGURES .....................................................................................................VI

ABSTRACT............................................................................................................... VII

TABLE OF CONTENTS..........................................................................................VIII

LIST OF ACRONYMS ............................................................................................XIV

OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS.............................................................................. XV

CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................1

1.0 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................1

1.1 BACKGROUND .....................................................................................................2

1.1.1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND..........................................................................2

1.1.2 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND......…………………………………………3

1.1.3 CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND...................................................……………3

1.1.4 CONTEXUALBACKGROUND………………………………………………………...7

1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT......................................................................................8

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1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY............................................................................8

1.3.1 GENERAL OBJECTIVE......................................................................................8

1.3.2SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES......................................................................................9

1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS .....................................................................................9

1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY.........................................................................9

1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY......................................................................................10

1.6.1 TIME SCOPE .....................................................................................................10

1.6.2 CONTENT SCOPE ............................................................................................10

1.7 CONCEPTUAL FRAME WORK .........................................................................11

CHAPTER TWO .........................................................................................................12

LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................12

2.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................12

2.1 ANTHROPOMETRIC INDICATORS TO ASSESS NUTRITIONAL STATUS

OF CHILDREN ...........................................................................................................12

2.1.1 IMPORTANCE OF BIRTH WEIGHT ON NUTRITIONAL STATUS............12

2.1.2 DETERMINANTS OF UNDER NUTRITION IN CHILDREN .......................13

2.1.3 DIETARY PRACTICES AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN ...14

2.1.4 INDICATORS OF INFANT/CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES.........................17

2.2 EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING AND COMPLEMENTARY

BREASTFEEDING .....................................................................................................17